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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... - the most since Q4 2010 - from 2.1% in Q4 2011. And there may be more where that came from. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's final index of consumer confidence rose to 76.4 in April - the highest in a year -- from 76.2 last month. Even better ...

Govt names Foreign Investment Review chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... management and investment management sectors. In addition to his role as FIRB chair, Wilson is deputy chancellor of the University of Technology, Sydney, non executive director of Bell Financial Group and a member of the Payments System Board of the ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... was clocked at 8.3% as at January - with 243,000 jobs created in that month alone. Must be why the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment reached one year highs to a better-than-expected 75.3 in February. Must be why ...

Confusion over APRA risk disclosure guidance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... statements seems to elicit more consumer mistakes than other presentation methods, according to research from the University of Technology Sydney. Speaking at an Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) seminar in Sydney yesterday, Susan ...

Rainmaker appoints new head of technical services

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... Macquarie Investment, Mercer Financial Planning, ipac Securities, Perpetual and, most recently, as a lecturer at the University of Technology, Sydney. Proctor is a member of the Financial Planning Association, Institute of Chartered Accountants and the ...

BetaShares appoints new head of portfolio construction

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... LPAC Online, Rumble's former roles include legal counsel, partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and lecturer at the University of New South Wales. He also acted as an external consultant to the government's "Review of Business Taxation" in the late 1990's ...

Post-retirement risk in Australia: IMCA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... Australia and looked at how behavioural factors can affect market outcomes. John Piggott, professor of Economics at the University of New South Wales, and director of centre for pensions and superannuation in Sydney, said he was surprised by the poor ...

Another lonely night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... However, this maybe just another speed hump as less dated reports point to a better US outlook. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment index jumped to 64.1 in November from 60.9 in October and the four-week moving average ...

Volcker Rule dramatics continue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... Rule to be rewritten and simplified. As if to follow suit, Fierce Finance news reported that two professors at the University of Minnesota Law school have proposed an alternative rule that would be much more efficient and cause less coolateral damage. ...

Investors at risk of disengaging from advice

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... Financial Advice Satisfaction survey is undertaken every six months by Lifeplan Funds Management in conjunction with the University of Adelaide and looks at investor attitudes towards their advisers. The survey tests perception of trust and reliability ...